Meaning

4 senses
  1. A believer in Christianity.

  2. A believer in Christianity.

    (nonstandard)An adherent of Christianity who is not a Catholic; a Protestant.

  3. A person who seeks to live his or her life according to the principles and values taught by Jesus Christ.

    a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination

  4. (England, obsolete)A European, especially though not necessarily of the Christian religion.

    Christ, Christin

    христиани́нxristianín, христиа́нкаxristiánka

    христия́нинxrystyjányn, християни́нxrystyjanýn, христия́нкаxrystyjánka

Examples

336 sentences
  1. Tom is a Christian.

    Том християнин. — deniko

    ruТом христианин. — paul_lingvo

    deTom ist Christ. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Is Tom a Christian?

    Том християнин? — shanghainese

    ruТом христианин? — marafon

    deIst Tom Christ? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. I'm a Christian.

    Я християнин. — deniko

    ruЯ христианин. — Olya

    deIch bin Christ. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom's sister is a devout Christian.

    Сестра Тома — набожна християнка. — deniko

    ruСестра Тома — набожная христианка. — sharptoothed

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  5. I think Tom is a Christian.

    deIch glaube, Tom ist Christ. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
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member of the Christian religion:
Русский
member of the Christian religion:
Deutsch
member of the Christian religion:

Origin

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Anci

From Middle English Cristien, from Old French chrestien, from Latin Chrīstiānus, from Ancient Greek Χρῑστιᾱνός (Khrīstiānós), from Χρῑστός (Khrīstós, “Christ, anointed [one]”) + Latin suffix -ānus. The older form is Christen. Doublet of cretin. By surface analysis, Christ + -ian.

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